Air Arciaga:Tyler Arciaga's three TD passes
today give him 26 for his career. He trails on Justin
Holtfreter (40) on the all-time list. He also increased
his career passing percentage to .587.

Jumpin' Jarry: Senior tight end Justin Jarry
caught his first career touchdown pass today, a
12-yarder that clinched the win in the fourth quarter.

Sweet Special Teams: The Sacred Heart kickoff
and punt return teams racked up big yardage today.
Steve Tedesco returned two punts for a combined 98
yards (a long of 53), while Evin Jones had 74 yards
on two kickoff returns (a long of 53).

Derek Right on the Mark:Derek Marks continues
to impress with his punting. He is averaging 39 yards
a punt this season, with four inside the opponent's 20.
He nailed one inside the opponent's ten today late in
the fourth quarter to help the Pioneers hold on.

Coach Quotables - Here is what head coach Paul Gorham
had to say about today's game:

On the last play of the game.... "When the
ball was intercepted it was a sense of relief. When
things don't go you way like they haven't for us in
the last few weeks, you get very apprehensive. It's
important to start turning negatives into positives
and that was a big one right there."

On the long field goal.... "Yeah it was something
that made you wonder what the heck was happening,
especially with the way our kicking game has been.
Last week a kicker hits the upright and it goes through,
this week the long one. But I felt when we came out and
made them punt on the first possession of the second half,
we forgot all about it."

On the play of the offensive line... "They were able
to settle in nicely and contain Wagner's front four well.
That allowed us to be able to do set-up a good mix of pass
and run plays."

On the Pioneers Rushing Defense... "Our goal is
always to stop the run and force the other team to pass.
Wagner wanted to use the power run so our effectiveness
in containing that was a huge factor in the game."

On the Defense in the second half... "We preached
to them about making the necessary adjustments and make
them stick. I think one of the most important parts of
the game was when we stopped them three and out on the
first series of the second half. It gave us an emotional
jolt and got as going for the second half."

On the importance of the win.... "This is the first
time we've been 1-0 in the Northeast Conference since I've
been here. After some of the down turns the last few weeks,
this was huge mentally and emotionally."

Wagner Seahawks (4-1, 0-1)

Czech Mate: Piotr Czech's 54 yard field goal to end
the first half was a Northeast Conference record, and 12
yards longer than his previous career high.

All in the Family: Sophomore QB Matt Abbey is the
cousin of former Wagner QB John Sciarra who broke all the
Wagner passing records before graduating last year. Abbey
is picking up where his cuz left off. He threw for 305 yards
today.